Chudinov Nina A.

I was born in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) 17 January 1954. I was five years old when I left without parents. My aunt, Valentina took me to an orphanage, which was located in the village Sheinovo Vologda region, where I spent two years. Then, when I was eight years old, I was sent to a boarding school in the city Ustyuzhna. In the nine years I have tried to write the first verse. It was then held my first acquaintance with a. A. Akhmatova. I was returning from lunch in the dormitory, which was located on the opposite side. Crossing the road, I saw lists of the magazine, which were scattered along the roadside. Lifted one sheet. Since he looked at me a beautiful woman. I read the inscription under the photo - Anna Akhmatova, more poems were published. I picked up the remaining sheets. They were from the magazine "Youth" for 1960. Poems of Akhmatova struck me. I read and reread it "Leningrad cycle". In library school, I became acquainted with her biography and works. Her poetic world fascinated me. So Akhmatova became my unofficial mentor in my first poetic experiments. Three years. In 1965 we came to Leningrad Pushkin Days. I was glad to meet with my hometown. June 4th we had an excursion to Pushkin's house on the Moika 12. Our guide led us through the rooms and talked about Pushkin, the poet's last days. In the study of the poet at the door at a small table sat a plump gray-haired woman. It something recorded in a large notebook. Our guide said: Take, this is Anna Akhmatova. - But the woman continued to write on anybody not paying attention. I looked at her and could not imagine that this tired, plump woman, and there Akhmatova. All gone, and I stayed and continued to look at Akhmatova. Obviously noticing that someone was staring at her, she lifted her head and asked me: - You what, girl! - I'm just confused and could that tonyusenko squeaked: - I also write poetry. - At that Akhmatova replied: - Write to a girl, write! - And then came our class lady took me to a group. Thus ended our meeting. Later, after finishing school and then ten classes and building school and having worked in the city of Cherepovets, two years at a construction site in 1974 (at the urging of my aunt), I returned to Leningrad. And in 1976, having a creative contest, participated in the conference of young writers of the North-West Seminar Maya Borisova. Subsequently, participated in conferences 1985, 1989. From 1981 - 1983 studies at the Leningrad Library College. 1983 - 1985 he. work as a teacher - an organizer in the children's teenage club "East". In 1994 she was sent from St. Petersburg on the 1 st All-Russia Conference of Young Writers in Moscow. The conference was admitted to the Writers' Union of Russia. Collections of poetry: "Trees in the Wind", 1990. "Steps in the dew, 1992. "The smell of mown grass, 1994. "Chiaroscuro", 1995, second edition 1998. "Roads of my destiny", 1997. "Star Wind"-elected 1999. "Star Wind", 1998. 1997. collection "Chiaroscuro" is nominated for a prize. Feta. 1997. - Is the winner of a prize. Feta. Collective compilations: "Penthouse", "Bear Song", "Mila lyric transparent coolness", "sword of my mouth" - Ontology. "Russia's heart will never forget" to 200 - anniversary of A. S. Pushkin, 1999. Translation: "Youth" Journal of Turkmenistan, N 4, 1990. Translated from the farsi. With the Chinese - Wang poem д-aеTa "Boatman of our time", 1998. Translations from German poems by Hermann Hesse, in the collection "From Goethe to Kala, 1999. out of "Duma" Writers' Union of Russia. My poems were translated: Chinese, Turkmen, Iranian and German.